India’s HS Prannoy entered the second spherical of the boys’s singles occasion of the Syed Modi International Badminton Tournament with a straight recreation win over Ukraine’s Danilo Bosniuk on Tuesday.
On the comeback, fifth seed India took simply 36 minutes to beat Bosniuk 21-14, 21-18 of their opening conflict.
A former top-10 participant, Prannoy, who gave himself a great account of himself earlier than being stopped by 20-year-old Lakshya Sen within the quarter-finals of the India Open final week, will now meet compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat, who acquired a walkover within the first spherical. Rahul Yadav from Chittobina.
However, the event was over for fourth seed Sameer Verma when he retired damage in opposition to Nhat Nguyen of Ireland.
Sameer was coaching 2-7 within the first recreation earlier than he determined to simply accept the match because of a calf muscle harm which he sustained in October final 12 months.
Shubhankar Dey accepted his match in opposition to compatriot Kartikeya Gulshan Kumar because of harm when he was trailing 2-9 within the opening recreation.
Among girls, Ashmita Chaliha gave a walkover to Malvika Bansod within the first spherical, whereas Akarshi Kashyap overcame Mugdha Agre 21-13, 21-14 and Anupama Upadhyay overtook Rituparna Das.
Two-time Olympic medalist and high seed PV Sindhu will open her marketing campaign in opposition to compatriot Tanya Hemant on Wednesday.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
